| AAC |
Augmentative & Alternative Communication |
| AMSANT |
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APD |
Accredited Practising Dietitian |
| APS |
Australian Psychological Society |
| ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| ASELCC |
Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre |
| ASPECT |
Autism Spectrum Australia |
| ATSI |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| CALD |
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CYDA |
Children and Young People with Disability Australia |
| DSS |
Department of Social Services |
| ECEI |
Early Childhood Early Intervention |
| ECIS |
Early Childhood Intervention Service |
| EI |
Early Intervention |
| GPs |
General Practitioners |
| HCWA |
Helping Children with Autism |
| IAC |
Independent Advisory Council |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
| ILC |
Information, Linkages and Capacity Building |
| LACs |
Local Area Coordinators |
| MHYPDD |
Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities |
| NDIA |
National Disability Insurance Agency |
| NDIS |
National Disability Insurance Scheme |
| NDS |
National Disability Services |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organisation |
| OT |
Occupational Therapist |
| PEDI-CAT |
Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Computer Adaptive Test |
| PITC |
Partners in the Community |
| POLR |
Provider of Last Resort |
| RACGP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| RACP |
Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| RDI |
Relationship Development Intervention |
| RIDBC |
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children |
| SWAN |
Syndromes Without A Name |
| WES |
Whole Exome Sequencing |